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Last 10 months, wind power generation clocks zero growth; solar generation sees 22% rise

Last 10 months, wind power generation clocks zero growth; solar generation sees 22% rise

Home Economy Updated – March 23, 2025 at 09:28 PM. | Ahmedabad Large wind power generating States like Gujarat (1.71 percent increase), Tamil Nadu (1.4 percent) and Karnataka (23 percent) generated more wind power than the previous year Between April-January of the current financial year, 73,621 million units of wind power was generated across India 

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What will the partial solar eclipse of March 2025 look like from space?

What will the partial solar eclipse of March 2025 look like from space?

Copernicus Sentinel-3 captured images of the 2024 total solar eclipse. (Image credit: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2024), processed by ESA) A partial solar eclipse will come to Earth on Saturday, March 29, 2025 , as the moon passes in front of the sun. From Earth, photographers will capture images of a bite being taken

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Solar Breakthroughs Are Promising More Power From Less Space

Solar Breakthroughs Are Promising More Power From Less Space

Felicity Bradstock Felicity Bradstock is a freelance writer specialising in Energy and Finance. She has a Master’s in International Development from the University of Birmingham, UK. More Info Premium Content By Felicity Bradstock – Mar 22, 2025, 10:00 AM CDT Researchers are making significant strides in solar panel technology, particularly with perovskites, which can boost

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Why I’m going to New Brunswick, Canada, to see next week’s ‘sunrise’ solar eclipse

Why I’m going to New Brunswick, Canada, to see next week’s ‘sunrise’ solar eclipse

New Brunswick, Canada, will see a horizontal partially eclipsed sunrise. (Image credit: Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images) Would you travel across the world to see a ‘smiley face’ crescent sun appear on the horizon for a few minutes, the tips of its crescent slicing through the haze like ‘devil’s horns?’ On March 29, 2025,

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Chinese PV Industry Brief:  January-February solar additions hit 39.5 GW

Chinese PV Industry Brief: January-February solar additions hit 39.5 GW

China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) says that the country added 39.47 GW of new solar capacity in January and February, taking total installed PV capacity to 930 GW. March 21, 2025 Vincent Shaw Image: Runningchild, Unsplash China’s NEA said that the country added 39.47 GW of new solar capacity between January and February, a 7.49%

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GB Energy invests in rooftop solar rollout for UK schools, hospitals

GB Energy invests in rooftop solar rollout for UK schools, hospitals

First Great British Energy project will see the state-owned renewables company roll out rooftop solar across around 200 schools and 200 National Health Service (NHS) sites in England. Monies for community energy groups and power schemes in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland included in investment package. March 21, 2025 Matthew Lynas Image: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA

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Transparent tandem solar cell hits record 12.3% efficiency

Transparent tandem solar cell hits record 12.3% efficiency

A global research team has developed a tandem solar cell with 30% transparency by combining perovskite and organic layers, achieving a record 12.3% efficiency for transparent solar cells. March 21, 2025 Patrick Jowett Professor Morten Madsen Image: University of Southern Denmark An international research team has achieved a record efficiency for transparent solar cells. Researchers

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Trump rescinds Biden’s Defense Production Act support for solar manufacturing

Trump rescinds Biden’s Defense Production Act support for solar manufacturing

Latest In 2022, Joe Biden authorised the DOE to use the DPA to support domestic PV manufacturing. Image: Flickr US president Donald Trump has rescinded a Biden-era executive order allowing the use of Defense Production Act (DPA) funds for domestic solar PV manufacturing. In a flurry of rescindments of “harmful executive orders and actions”, Trump

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Farmers and small business owners were promised financial help for energy upgrades. They’re still waiting for the money.

Farmers and small business owners were promised financial help for energy upgrades. They’re still waiting for the money.

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist , BPR , a public radio station serving western North Carolina, WABE , Atlanta’s NPR station, WBEZ , a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region, and Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan. The Trump administration’s freeze on funding from the Inflation Reduction Act,

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